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Best Places to Work in IT 2012: Employee scorecard
What's the key to job satisfaction for IT employees at our 100 best places to work?
Computerworld - We asked IT employees at the 100 organizations that made our 2012 Best Places to Work in IT list a variety of questions about benefits, career opportunities and the workplace environment at their companies. Here are a few highlights from their responses:
| Working in an enjoyable environment | 94% |
| Being fairly compensated for the work I do | 94% |
| Having access to training and opportunities that further my skills | 89% |
| Having the means and opportunity to further my career | 86% |
| Working in a challenging environment | 81% |
| Being able to work with cutting-edge technology | 76% |
| Paid vacation | 76% |
| Health insurance | 74% |
| Profit sharing/employee stock-ownership program/ 401(k)/403b plan |
54% |
| Telecommuting | 52% |
| Flexible hours | 46% |
| Bonuses | 46% |
| Excellent | 23% |
| Very good | 35% |
| Good | 23% |
| Fair | 12% |
| Poor | 7% |
- 89% are very satisfied or satisfied with their company's paid vacation
- 79% are very satisfied or satisfied with their company's profit sharing or employee stock ownership plans
- 78% are very satisfied or satisfied with their base salary
- 78% are very satisfied or satisfied with their work/life balance
- 77% are very satisfied or satisfied with their flexible hours
- 72% are very satisfied or satisfied with their health benefits
- 69% are very satisfied or satisfied with their company's telecommuting policy
| Very stressful | 10% |
| Stressful | 23% |
| Somewhat stressful | 48% |
| Not very stressful | 17% |
| Not at all stressful | 2% |
Source: 33,461 respondents to Computerworld's 2012 Best Places employee survey from the final 100 companies selected.
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